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Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundis) the Elder (23 – ­79 A.D.)
Roman historian, scholar, and writer
Pliny the Elder wrote many historical and scientific works, including a comprehensive thirty-seven-volume encyclopedia of the natural sciences. Plagued by chronic asthma, he suffocated from exposure to the sulfurous fumes of erupting Mt. Vesuvius.

English:Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 – August 25, 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia (Natural History).